The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

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Title Page Dedication Epigraph Introduction Chapter 1 - The Rules of Politics Three Political Dimensions Virtues of 3 - D Politics Change the Size of Dimensions and Change the World Rules Ruling Rulers Taxing Shuffling the Essential Deck Do the Rules Work in Democracies? Chapter 2 - Coming to Power Paths to Power with Few Essentials Speed Is Essential Pay to Play Mortality: The Best Opportunity for Power Inheritance and the Problem of Relatives Papal Bull - ying for Power Seizing Power from the Bankrupt Silence Is Golden Institutional Change Coming to Power in Democracy Democratic Inheritance Democracy Is an Arms Race for Good Ideas Coalition Dynamics A Last Word on Coming to Power: The Ultimate Fate of Sergeant Doe Chapter 3 - Staying in Power Governance in Pursuit of Heads The Perils of Meritocracy Keep Essentials Off-Balance Democrats Aren’t Angels Bloc Voting Leader Survival Chapter 4 - Steal from the Poor, Give to the Rich Taxation Tax Collectors Privatized Tax Collection Extraction Borrowing Debt Forgiveness Chapter 5 - Getting and Spending Effective Policy Need Not Be Civic Minded Bailouts and Coalition Size Is Democracy a Luxury? Public Goods Not for the Public’s Good Who Doesn’t Love a Cute Baby? Clean Drinking Water Building Infrastructure Public Goods for the Public Good Earthquakes and Governance Chapter 6 - If Corruption Empowers, Then Absolute Corruption Empowers Absolutely Power and Corruption Private Goods in Democracies Private Goods in Small Coalition Settings Wall Street: Small Coalitions at Work Dealing with Good Deed Doers Cautionary Tales: Never Take the Coalition for Granted Discretionary Money Chapter 7 - Foreign Aid The Political Logic of Aid The Impact of Aid An Assessment of Foreign Aid Aid Shakedowns Fixing Aid Policy Nation Building Chapter 8 - The People in Revolt To Protest or Not To Protest Nipping Mass Movements in the Bud Protest in Democracy and Autocracy Shocks Raise Revolts Are Disasters Always Disasters for Government Survival? Responding to Revolution or Its Threat Power to the People Chapter 9 - War, Peace, and World Order War Fighting To Try Hard or Not Fighting for Survival Who Survives War The Peace Between Democracies Defending the Peace and Nation Building Chapter 10 - What Is To Be Done? Rules to Fix By Lessons from Green Bay Fixing Democracies Removing Misery Free and Fair Elections: False Hope Acknowledgments Notes Index Copyright Page